U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy said Evan Gershkovich ‘feels well and is holding up’ as she reiterated a call for Gershkovich’s immediate release
U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy said on Monday she had made a first visit in jail to Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter accused by Moscow of spying, and had found him to be holding up well.
Gershkovich, a respected journalist who was hired by the Wall Street Journal shortly before Russia invaded Ukraine last year, was arrested last month in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg. It is the first time since 1986 that an American reporter has been held for alleged espionage in Russia., which carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. The White House has called it “ridiculous”, and President Joe Biden has said Gershkovich’s detention is “totally illegal”.
The FSB security service has accused Gershkovich of collecting state secrets about Russia’s military-industrial complex. The Kremlin says he was “caught red-handed” but has not published any evidence to support that claim.
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